Introduction; 1: The Irish republican military mind; 2: Transitions in Irish republican strategy; 3: Political control versus the autonomous military instrument; 4: The military ascendancy; 5: The erosion of Provisional IRA strategy, 1972–1977; 6: The evolution of PIRA's total strategy, 1977–1983; 7: A continuing military enigma; 8: Ending the isolation? Ending the violence?; Conclusion
M.L.R. Smith
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'The best recent account of the splits within the republican
movement, and the reasons for those splits. As such it must become
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negotiations.' - Joanna Bourke, Bulletin
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